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[foot in the door]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Первый шаг в выполнении или достижении чего-либо; первый шаг к успеху; открытие.

* /Don't let Jane get her foot in the door by joining the club or  […]

[for as much as]  {conj.},  {formal}

По причине (вследствие, из-за) того, что; поскольку.

For as much as the senator is eighty years old, we feel he should not run for reelection.

Син.: [INASMUCH AS].

[for dear life]  {adv. phr.}

В страхе за свою жизнь.

He was running for dear life toward town.

[for fear of]  {adv. phr.}

По причине боязни чего-л.; из-за испуга.

* /Dave refuses to go to Europe for fear of an airplane crash and for fear of a shipwreck. — Дэйв отказывается ехать в Европу  […]

[for good] also [for good and all]  {adv. phr.}

Насовсем, навечно, навсегда.

The lost money was gone for good.

He hoped that the repairs would stop the leak for good.

* /When John graduated from school, he decided that he  […]

[for hours on end]  {adv. phr.}

В течение многих часов; в течение долгого времени.

[for laughs]  {adv. phr.}

Ради удовольствия; для развлечения; в качестве шутки.

* /The college boys climbed up into the girls' dorms and stole some of their dresses just for laughs, but they were punished all  […]

[for one's part] также [on one's part]  {adv. phr.}

Что касается кого-л./чего-л.; то, как/что кто-л. чувствует или думает.

* /I don't know about you, but for my part I don't want to go to that  […]

[for the time being] также  {literary} [for the nonce]  {adv. phr.}

Пока; на какое-то (некоторое) время; временно.

I haven't any note paper, but this envelope will do for the time being.

* /She hasn't found an  […]

[forty winks]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Короткий сон; дремота.

When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks.

Ср.: [SHUT-EYE].